13-year-old arrested in connection to armed carjacking in south St. Louis

13-year-old arrested in connection to armed carjacking in south St. Louis

ST. LOUIS – St. Louis police arrested a 13-year-old boy Wednesday after an armed carjacking in south St. Louis. Police say a woman was sitting in her vehicle in the 3300 block of Cherokee Street this morning when the boy entered the car on the passenger side. He pulled out a handgun and demanded the vehicle. The woman got out of the vehicle and the boy drove off.

Around 30 minutes later police officers spotted the vehicle about a mile from the incident on Nebraska Avenue. The suspect fled when officers tried to pull the vehicle over. The car eventually crashed on Wisconsin Avenue.